A criminal case was opened against Kazan businessman Ruslan Bayazitov for inciting hatred because of his words about Russians and the war with Ukraine, uttered in a voice chat. The channel “No to Extremism”, affiliated with the security forces, talks about this. reports Bayazitov is accused of making statements in a voice chat. Video of a chat conversation by director of the Safe Internet League Ekaterina Mizulina.

The artist Philippenzo (Philip Kozlov), the author of the “Izrossilovanie” graffiti, was again arrested for 15 days under the article of disobedience to security forces (Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). this SOTAvision reports with reference to the artist’s support group. Activists said that on the 13th day of the previous similar arrest, on August 10, Kozlov was taken to court, again charged with insubordination to law enforcement officers.

The Naberezhnye Chelny City Court sentenced local resident Marat Yagudin to six months of correctional labor with the withholding of 5% of his salary in favor of the state in the case of “fake news” about the army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Information about this is on the court's website. published The verdict was handed down on July 13. The case was opened against the man due to comments published on VKontakte on March 19 and May 18, 2022.

The prosecutor requested eight years in prison for environmental activist Alexander Bakhtin in the case of disseminating “fakes” about the army motivated by political enmity (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Nikita Spivak, who represents the man’s interests. Three cases of “fake news” were opened against Bakhtin due to three different posts on VKontakte that he published in the spring of 2022.

On August 10, the Fourth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction approved a sentence of five years in prison for civil activist and ex-employee of the Elista mayor's office Altan Ochirov in the case of publications about the war in Ukraine. Information about this is published on the court's website.